In the fall of 1951, having opened several new brick school buildings across the county for African-American students, the Wilson County Board of Education moved to auction off its old wooden school houses, some of which had been built with Rosenwald funds. For several weeks, the Wilson Daily Times ran lengthy notices identifying the properties by name and metes and bounds.

Early in 1952, the Daily Times reported land transfers involving four of the former “colored” schools — Jones Hill, Stantonsburg, Bynums, and New Vester.

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Wilson Daily Times, 3 January 1952.